Transparent form flickering

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news.microsoft.com - 20 Aug 2005 09:54 GMT

Hi,

I have two form. One form is transparent & maximixed. This form contains
markers(lines), Markers(lines) are repaint when
another(base) form is moved.
All Ok but there are problem - flickering
I try OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs pevent) {} without success
What is wrong?

Thanks!

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Richard L Rosenheim - 26 Aug 2005 08:05 GMT

You might try double buffering.

Here's couple links on the subject:

http://www.bobpowell.net/doublebuffer.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlr
fsystemwindowsformscontrolclassgetstyletopic.asp

Richard Rosenheim

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Joanna Clark - 28 Aug 2005 18:56 GMT

Another good blog article about flickering and double buffering is on:

http://pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Craig/FlickerFreeControlDrawing.html

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